It's time for a new Destiny 2 expansion. God help us all for the discussion that was had. Spoiler Warning We talk pretty explictly about the story of the new Destiny 2 expansion, Edge of Fate, between 0:44:08 and 0:49:09. We say so before hand, but if you are worried the timestamps below should help you skip it. We Played... Euan tries 'new Zach' in Kaizen: A Factory Story, a new Zachntronics game by not Zachtronics, Astra Logical (featuring Zach). He also continues discussion of Death Stranding...
Jul 22, 2025•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 267
A new Kojima has been released, and so new Kojima must be discussed. We Played... Euan plays follow-up story DLC Still Wakes the Deep: Siren's Rest and the new madness from Hideo Kojima Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Calum deals with the grim dark 41st millenium in Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader Timestamps 00:03:19 - Still Wakes the Deep: Siren's Rest 00:07:29 - Death Stranding 2 00:25:39 - Rainbow 6: Siege 00:28:07 - Rogue Trader 00:49:29 - News - Med students are using 8BitDo controllers to aid ...
Jul 08, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 266
Summer Games Fest has come and gone and this podcast is only an hour. That should say something about the show this year. We Played... We talk about a few of the things that stood out at Summer Games Fest , which is a pretty small list Calum gets into why Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls is such an interesting announcement, and has early thoughts on the Switch 2 Euan has been playing with plant machinery in Roadcraft , and having an existential crisis as to why he likes it so much. Timestamps 00:00:...
Jun 24, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 265
As the dawn of the Switch 2 approaches, our heroes find themselves playing non-Nintendo products both old and new! We Played... Euan discusses further VR adventures with Defector & Wanderer, and reflects back on some old Blendo Games hits with Quadrilateral Cowboy Calum briefly talks Warhammer 40k CRPG Rogue Trader and the new release of the season Doom: The Dark Ages Timestamps 00:01:24 - The Switch 2 Is Almost Here 00:12:26 - Defector & Wanderer 00:20:00 - Quadrilateral Cowboy 00:24:19...
Jun 03, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 264
Its just turned May and we are already on our third GOTY candidate. Also, it's one we might actually agree on! We Played... It's been a rough week for games media, so we start the podcast with some reminiscing on the good old days of Giant Bomb and mourn the passing of the institution that was Polygon. We found Room 46 in Blue Prince , and Euan spend some in the deep south in South of Midnight We spend a long time talking about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 , a game there is as much to talk about ...
May 06, 2025•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 263
Blue Prince has caused some differing opinions on the show this week. It's an interesting discussion but I worry about the outcomes... We Played... Euan talks about the new game from Paradise Killer developers Promise Mascot Agency and wonders if the series can be saved in Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Tape 2 We both talk all things Blue Prince and it gets in depth and interesting. Calum gives a brief glimpse once again into Final Fantasy 14 Savage Raiding Timestamps 00:05:47 - Promise Mascot A...
Apr 22, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 262
If you're listening to this podcast, I hope you're maximising your sleep and you're on your eighth bottle of sparkling water by now... We Played... Calum does a check in with Monster Hunter Wilds and is in full preparation mode for the next raid tier in Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail Euan also wraps up Citizen Sleeper 2 and Split Fiction, and talking ins and outs of Contractors: Exfil Timestamps 00:12:30 - Monster Hunter: Wilds 00:14:19 - FF14 00:20:25 - Citizen Sleeper 2 00:21:56 - Contractors: Ex...
Apr 01, 2025•56 min•Ep. 261
After a two week break for two big games the two host return to (read as two) talk about them. Two. We Played... Calum has played both rather large games of the past month in Obsidian's latest Avowed and continuing culling of ancient enemies in Monster Hunter Wilds Euan returns to teen type in Lost Records and gives a brief overview of Split Fiction. More to follow. Timestamps 00:01:28 - Avowed 00:17:23 - Minor Pillars of Eternity Spoilers 00:27:16 - Minor Avowed Side Quest Spoilers 00:37:03 - L...
Mar 11, 2025•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 260
It's 2025 and we emerge from our winter hibernations. Turns out all we did was play video games. Funny how that works. We Played... Euan has been stuck in the virtual world with Contractors: Exfil. He also tries to go to the stars in the highly anticipated Citizen Sleeper 2 Calum played newest Atlus offering Metaphor: ReFantazio, the same game 90% of people were playing over winter Marvel Rivals, and is very ill in the head and this returned to Warframe Timestamps 00:09:32 - IXION 00:11:02 - Con...
Feb 11, 2025•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 259
It is the time of year to put another log on the fire, grab your drink of choice, and listen to us talk about our favourite games of the year. Or in one case spend 20 minutes just quoting it. Timestamps 00:06:13 - Euan - #5 00:10:44 - Calum - #5 00:17:42 - Euan - #4 00:24:13 - Calum - #4 00:34:06 - Euan - #3 00:43:54 - Calum - #3 & #2 00:56:21 - Euan - #2 01:10:09 - Calum - #1 01:24:48 - Euan - #1 01:46:20 - Runners Up 01:56:52 - Looking to 2025 Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (inc...
Dec 10, 2024•2 hr•Ep. 258
The world has conspired so that we both got a game from a series we love in one week, so it's a long one. We Played... After months of discourse, Calum digs into Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and seems to like it a lot. Life is Strange: Double Exposure takes Euan into his Pacific North West feelings, even though this installment takes place in Vermont. Remember, "sad teen" is a genre not a time period. Timestamps 00:05:55 - Euan Game Catchup 00:09:31 - Dragon Age: The Veilguard 01:00:31 - Life is S...
Nov 05, 2024•2 hr 3 min•Ep. 257
Nostalgia is a double edged sword, make sure your not falling for it. Also some quirky hardware with a crank. Real hard swings this episode. We Played... Silent HIll 2 is a foundational game for Euan, so his time with the Bloober Team remake is complicated. Awful delivery companies aside, Calum finally got a Playdate . It seems cool! We realised we had never talked about the joy of Astro Bot , so we remedy that. Timestamps 00:03:31 - Euans Random Games 00:06:07 - Silent Hill 2 00:54:49 - Playdat...
Oct 15, 2024•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 256
We took some time away. We've come back. There are video games. It never changes We Played... Calum talks now real video game Deadlock. We all thought it was a secret, but it was just a MOBA Euan talks about the seemingly perfectly average Star Wars Outlaws Timestamps 00:02:00 - Sony announced a £700 PlayStation Pro 00:11:48 - Concord has been taken offline after less than a month 00:20:39 - Former head of Sony Europe says industry layoffs aren't caused by greed, and people should "figure out ho...
Sep 17, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 255
We saw some video games happen, some people are denying video games are happening, and some people appear to be doing whatever they can to ensure they don't make another video game happen again. We Played... Euan investigates some sci-fi murders with mixed results in No One Wants To Die Calum conquers his demons, namely the new Final Fantasy XIV Savage Raids, and experiences some retro Morrowind vibes in Dread Delusion We both finally got to experience Thank Goodness You're Here , and it's every...
Aug 20, 2024•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 254
The games are sparse so we revert to type with RPGs and VR galore We Played... Calum plays hot new release Elden Ring. This is a lie but he hasn't heard anyone talk about this game, so it's worth a go. This was also a lie. Euan forgets reality for one of a virtual kind with Contractors Showdown and Ghosts of Tabor We both tried The First Decendant. It's alright. That's it, that's all we have to say Timestamps 00:02:08 - Elden Ring 00:22:47 - Contractors Showdown 00:39:30 - Ghosts of Tabor 00:46:...
Jul 23, 2024•54 min•Ep. 253
We haven't heard from Calum in a while. He said he was exploring Tural? Don't know what that means but hopefully he's ok. We Played... Calum explores the latest Final Fantasy 14 expansion, Dawntrail Euan does what every Scottish person has to consider at one point in their life, and decides to work on an oil rig in Still Wakes the Deep Timestamps 00:02:02 - FFIVX: Dawntrail 00:21:43 - Dragon Age: Inquisition 00:22:51 - Still Wakes the Deep 00:34:33 - Still Wakes the Deep - Spoiler Start 00:41:41...
Jul 09, 2024•54 min•Ep. 252
A long one for everyone this week. Between the Summer Keighley Fest and a new Destiny expansion, it's a new season for games. We Played... We talk about the things we care about from Summer Games Fest, including the new Dragon Age, slow female vocal covers in trailers, and many other smaller items. Calum takes up his mantle of Destiny editor and goes in depth to Destiny 2: The Final Shape. Euan talks about Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, a much anticipated sequel for him. Timestamps 00:02:22 - SGF: ...
Jun 18, 2024•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 251
As summer approaches, one of us prepares for months of MMO gameplay and the other does what he always does. Plays weird indie games. NOTE - We talk about minor spoilers from Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, we are explicit when we are about to start, and there is a timestamp in the podcast description. We Played... We both played XDefiant, and had a surprisingly long conversation about the current state of the FPS genre. Euan plays a pile of puzzlers with The Excavation of Hobs Barrow and Lorelei and...
May 28, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 250
We return with video games to talk about. Some of them are even current and relevant! We Played... Euan plays the unexplainable Indika and the very explainable cat sim Little Kitty, Big City Calum substitutes his lack of raiding with raiding roguelike Rabbit and Steel and "anime Monster Hunter" Granblue Fantasy Relink Timestamps 00:02:00 - Little Kitty, Big City 00:04:19 - Saints Row 00:06:52 - Indika 00:15:16 - Rabbit and Steel 00:19:38 - Granblue Fantasy: Relink 00:36:19 - News - In order to c...
May 14, 2024•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 249
This is the last week of games coming out for a while, so we're going to spend it letting Calum talk about Dragon's Dogma 2. We Played.. Euan plays tarot based story telling game The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood and slasher inspired puzzle narrative game Killer Frequency Calum talks all things Dragons Dogma 2. That's all. Timestamps 00:06:20 - The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood 00:11:31 - Killer Frequency 00:16:32 - Dragon’s Dogma 2 00:41:58 - Minor Dragon’s Dogma 2 Quest Spoilers 00:53:29 - News - Apex Hac...
Apr 02, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 248
After a brief hospital visit, we're back again with some actual video games. Editors Note: We realised later that the Helldivers 2 GM is actually named Joel. Too late to change the title now. Intermission Music The Woods - Wilbert Roget, II - Pacific Drive: Official Game Soundtrack Steam | Epic Games Store We Played... Euan rumbles around a messed up Pacific North-West in Pacific Drive, an early GOTY candidate. Calum is in the early stages of Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth, and has a bunch of things...
Mar 19, 2024•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 247
No new games to talk about this week, so instead we talk about the Xbox Business Update and its ramifications on the gaming space Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com) All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) News Sting - News Intro ...
Feb 20, 2024•53 min•Ep. 246
We're back! After a holiday/sickness break, we return to talking about video games. Spoiler Warning We spoil some of the Tekken 8 story mode in this episode (1:00:00 -> 1:07:17). Timestamps are below if you want to avoid it. We Played... Euan talks life after Yakuza in Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, and is saddened once again by Konami's decisions in Silent Hill: A Short Message Calum low parries his own anxiety to try and learn what the fuck Tekken 8 is all about. Timestamps 00:14:08 - Leth...
Feb 06, 2024•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 245
We may have finally hit the end of the year for video games, but jesus there is still so much to play. We Played... Euan talks about the co-op perspective of Baldur's Gate 3 , and the atrocity that is Silent Hill: Ascension . Calum briefly discusses the Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising Playtest , more to follow in December when the game releases in full. We both dicuss our continuing amazement at Alan Wake 2 Timestamps 00:01:17 - Black Friday & Buying a Laptop in 2023 00:10:57 - Alan Wake 2 0...
Nov 15, 2023•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 244
BOO! It's so spooky. It's a spooky show for the spooky day. MusicIntermission Music The Crystal Bot - Arnaud Roy - Endless Dungeon (Original Game Soundtrack) Bandcamp We Played... We both discuss the conversion of old nanomachines to the nanomachines running on current gen platforms in Metal Gear Solid Collection Vol 1, continuing adventures in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty and multi-genre cross-over a-thon, Endless Dungeon Euan dicusses his brief beginnings with Alan Wake 2, expect more to co...
Oct 31, 2023•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 243
A couple of weeks has given the chance to catch up on some current video games, so now we can talk about it! Intermission Music Last Light - Borislav Slavov - Baldur’s Gate 3: Original Soundtrack Steam We Played... Euan talks eat theivery simulator Pizza Possum and noir hell-em-up El Paso, Elsewhere Calum talks about his journey into custom fight game controllers and, appropriately, Mortal Kombat 1 We both discuss recent changes to Cyberpunk 2077 and its new DLC Phantom Liberty Timestamps 00:06:...
Oct 10, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 242
It's a space heavy episode. Exploration in space Disneyland, the end of the world from a space rock, and changes to pricing structures that should be launched into space. Intermission Music Reunion - Reunion (Ft. Brigitte Naggar) - Goodbye Volcano High (Original Game Soundtrack) Bandcamp We Played... Euan plays music while facing the end of the world in Goodbye Volcano High , updates on limited Armoured Core 6 progress and finds Sonic in the strangest places in the Hyenas Closed Beta. We both ha...
Sep 19, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 241
These games. They never end. There's more on the way too. I'm so tired. Intermission Music DA PEOPLE - Hideki Naganuma - Bomb Rush Cyberfunk Soundtrack We Played... Euan plays puzzle slasher Homebody , narrative explorer The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales and hot mech game of the moment Armored Core 6 We both talk about the absolute coolest game on the planet Bombrush Cyberfunk Timestamps 00:00:57 - Baldur's Gate 3 00:13:41 - Techtonica 00:14:41 - The Bookwalker 00:17:36 - Homebody 00:19:19 - Homebo...
Aug 29, 2023•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 240
What? Huh? Oh right you're here. Yes, there's a podcast, Calum talks about Baldur's Gate 3. Listen to it, or don't. I'm going back to playing Baldur's Gate 3. We Played... Baldur's Gate 3. Yep that's it. It's an hour of Baldur chat. Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com) All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLe...
Aug 08, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 239
Going to be honest, Calum writes these and he's just killing time till Baldur's Gate 3. So, yea, video games, check them out. MusicIntermission Music No Exit - scntfc - Oxenfree II: Lost Signals OST Bandcamp We Played... Euan experiences Sludge Life 2 and is sadly disapointed by the return of confused teens in Oxenfree II Calum explores the deep blue for tasty fish in Dave the Diver Timestamps 0:04:13 - Sludge Life 2 0:09:36 - Oxenfree II 0:26:14 - Dave The Diver 0:38:41 - Music Break 0:39:43 - ...
Jul 25, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 238
